How to get disability in tuberculosis

Getting disability is not a simple process; to expedite the need to interact with legal and municipal structures.

Go pay an independent medical examination, obtain an accurate diagnosis. The complexity of the course of your disease will directly impact on the decision of the municipal medical College. Independent diagnosis you can carry on a consultation with a lawyer - he will tell you about what kind of disabilities you can expect and whether at all.

There are 3 groups of disability. For the first (non-working) retirement is the highest and is about 11 thousand rubles (as of 2013); members of the second group can count on a pension of 4 thousand rubles. The third group receives a number of benefits: 50% payment of the cost of utilities and subsidized transport.

To the first group of disability is possible only through the sustained pulmonary insufficiency. It is an open form of tuberculosis, with accumulation of blood in the lungs and frequent hospitalization. The municipal hospitals are rarely diagnosed; it is desirable to use independent expertise for its establishment. Symptoms - constant shortness of breath; attacks of productive cough with heavy breathing, which can last for hours.

The second group of disability is relatively easier to obtain. Enough to hold up under the supervision of a physician of three months. You need to get a statement for TB specialists and attributed it to the survey in the municipality.

After examination and receipt of the statement of the attending physician should contact the medical-social examination (MSE). It is here that will decide what degree of disability you will receive. You must provide the Commission with the out-patient card, the results of the hospital examination and the opinion of the authorities from the previous place of work.